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Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number, and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Swine Health Protection. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0065. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is 

the primary Federal law governing the 

protection of animal health. The law 

gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad 

authority to detect, control, or eradicate 

pests or diseases of livestock or poultry. 

The AHPA is contained in Title X, 

Subtitle E, Sections 10401–18 of P.O. 

107–171, May 13, 2002, the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 

2002. Veterinary Services, a program 

with the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS), is 

responsible for administering 

regulations intended to prevent the 

dissemination of animal diseases within 

the United States. Garbage is one of the 

primary media through which 

numerous infections or communicable 

diseases of swine are transmitted. 

Because of the serious threat to the U.S. 

swine industry, Congress passed Public 

Law 96–468 ‘‘Swine Health Protection 

Act’’ on October 17, 1980. This law 

requires USDA to ensure that all garbage 

is treated prior to its being fed to swine 

that are intended for interstate or foreign 

commerce or that substantially affect 

such commerce. The Act and the 

regulations will allow only operators of 

garbage treatment facilities, which meet 

certain specification to utilize garbage 

for swine feeding. APHIS will use 

various forms to collect information. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS collects information from 

persons desiring to obtain a permit 

(license) to operate a facility to treat 

garbage. Prior to issuance of a license, 

an inspection will be made of the 

facility by an authorized representative 

to determine if it meets all requirements 

of the regulations. Periodic inspections 

will be made to determine if licenses are 

meeting the standards for operation of 

their approved facilities. Upon receipt 

of the information from the Animal 

Health Officials, the information is used 

by Federal or State animal health 

personnel to determine whether the 

waste collector is feeding garbage to 

swine, whether it is being treated, and 

whether the feeder is licensed or needs 

to be licensed. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 15,500. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,742,601. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding; whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by September 22, 

2023 will be considered. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: USDA Professional Standards 

Training Tracker Tool (PSTTT). 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0626. 

Summary of Collection: Section 306 of 

the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 

2010 (HHFKA) requires Professional 

Standards for state and local school 

district nutrition professionals. In 

addition to hiring standards, mandatory 

annual training will be required for all 

individuals involved in preparing 

school meals. To meet the training 

requirements and assist in keeping track 

of training and training courses, FNS 

has developed a web-based application 

tool with a SQL-server database which 

is available to local educational agencies 

and school food authorities through the 

FNS public website. While training 

requirements are mandatory, using the 

USDA PSTTT to track the training is 

voluntary. State and local school district 

nutrition professionals can use any 

method to track and manage their 

trainings. These resources facilitate 

compliance with HHFKA requirements 

and are provided at no cost to the state, 

district, or school nutrition 

professionals. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

State and school nutrition professionals 

can use the PSTTT to keep track of their 

training courses, learning objectives, 

and training hours, in accordance with 

HHFKA requirements. State reviewers 

can run reports from the PSTTT that 

they can use in preparation for 

Administrative Reviews that are 

conducted onsite at the school food 

authorities. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 10,006. 

Frequency of Respondents: Reporting: 

On occasion; Quarterly; Annually; 

Weekly; Monthly. 

Total Burden Hours: 17,090. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0028] 

Swine Vesicular Disease Status of the 

Regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 


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1Tuscany and Toscana are equivalent. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we are proposing to recognize the 

regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy as 

being free of swine vesicular disease. 

This proposed recognition is based on a 

risk evaluation we have prepared in 

connection with this action, which we 

are making available for review and 

comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 23, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2023–0028 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2023–0028, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at regulations.gov or in 

our reading room, which is located in 

room 1620 of the USDA South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Chip Wells, Senior Veterinary Medical 

Officer, Regionalization Evaluation 

Services (RES), Strategy & Policy, 

Veterinary Services, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 851–3317; email: 

AskRegionalization@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to 

below as the regulations) govern the 

importation of certain animals and 

animal products into the United States 

in order to prevent the introduction of 

various animal diseases, including 

swine vesicular disease (SVD). This is a 

dangerous and communicable disease of 

swine. 

Within part 94, § 94.12 contains 

requirements governing the importation 

of pork or pork products from regions 

where SVD exists. Section 94.14 

prohibits the importation of domestic 

swine that are moved from or transit any 

region in which SVD is known to exist. 

In accordance with § 94.12(a)(1), the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) maintains a web-based 

list of regions which the Agency 

considers free of SVD. Paragraph (a)(2) 

of this section states that APHIS will 

add a region to this list after it conducts 

an evaluation of the region and finds 

that SVD is not present. 

The regulations in § 92.2 contain 

requirements for requesting the 

recognition of the animal health status 

of a region (as well as for the approval 

of the export of a particular type of 

animal or animal product to the United 

States from a foreign region). If, after 

review and evaluation of the 

information submitted in support of the 

request, APHIS believes the request can 

be safely granted, APHIS will make its 

evaluation available for public comment 

through a document published in the 

Federal Register. Following the close of 

the comment period, APHIS will review 

all comments received and will make a 

final determination regarding the 

request that will be detailed in another 

document published in the Federal 

Register. 

The Government of Italy has 

requested that APHIS evaluate the SVD 

disease status of the regions of Tuscany 

and Umbria. In response to Italy’s 

request, we have prepared an 

evaluation, titled ‘‘APHIS Evaluation of 

Toscana and Umbria, Italy for Swine 

Vesicular Disease’’ (November 2022).1

Based on the evaluation, we have 

determined that the regions of Tuscany 

and Umbria, Italy are free of SVD. 

APHIS has also determined that the 

surveillance, prevention, and control 

measures implemented by Italy are 

sufficient to minimize the likelihood of 

introducing SVD into the United States 

via imports of species or products 

susceptible to these diseases. Our 

determination supports adding the 

regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy to 

the web-based list of regions that APHIS 

considers free of SVD. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 92.2(g), we are announcing the 

availability of our evaluation of the SVD 

status of the regions of Tuscany and 

Umbria, Italy for public review and 

comment. We are also announcing the 

availability of an environmental 

assessment (EA), which has been 

prepared in accordance with: (1) The 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provision 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). The evaluation and EA may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov website 

or in our reading room. (Instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room are provided under the 

heading ADDRESSES at the beginning 

of this notice.) The documents are also 

available by contacting the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Information submitted in support of 

Italy’s request is available by contacting 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the disease status of the 

regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy 

with respect to SVD in a subsequent 

notice. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701–7772, 

7781–7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 

and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, 

and 371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

August 2023. 

Michael Watson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0044] 

Addition of the Republic of Ecuador 

and the Republic of Peru to the List of 

Regions Affected With Highly 

Pathogenic Avian Influenza 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we added the Republic of Ecuador 

and the Republic of Peru to the list of 

regions that the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service considers to 

be affected by highly pathogenic avian 

influenza (HPAI). These actions follow 

our imposition of HPAI-related 

restrictions on avian commodities 

originating from or transiting the 

Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of 

Peru, as a result of the confirmation of 

HPAI in these countries. 

DATES: The Republic of Ecuador and the 

Republic of Peru were added to the list 

of regions APHIS considers to be 

affected with HPAI, effective 

respectively on December 3, 2022, and 

December 12, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

La’Toya Lane, APHIS Veterinary 


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